the hbdi profile explained - making business matter · 2020-02-17 · adjectives that best describe...

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The HBDI® Profile Explained


Profile Overlay: Preference Code

What is it? • Generalised view of preferences

Details of the report

• 3 = low preference (8 – 33)• 2 = intermediate (34 – 66)• 1 = preference (67 +)

How is it used?

• Used to compare yourself to others

• Understand the family of profiles to which you belong

• The population breakdown

What do you notice?

• What is the general description of this code?

• What is the general description of the mirror image code?


Profile Overlay: Adjective Pairs

What is it? • Responses when forced to choose between two options


• There are 24 forced pairings • Can score maximum of 12 in

a quadrant• Can score minimum of 0 in a

quadrant

How is it used?

• Can indicate what happens to thinking when forced to choose

• When under pressure, stressed

• When making big decisions

What do you notice?

• Is there a shift?• Do you experience this

pattern?• Does it stay the same?


Profile Overlay: Profile Scores

What is it?• The culmination of your

responses to the 120 questions plotted on graph


• Scores range from 8 to over 189• No zero score as it is not

possible to have ‘no’ thinking in a quadrant

• Can’t compare absolute numbers to others

How is it used?

• Understand the numerical degree of your preferences

• Higher number higher the preference

• Compare your order of preferences

What do you notice?

• Any surprises?• How did your guess compare

to actual?• What is your order, how

might this play out?


Profile Overlay: Mode Scores

What is it? • Tilt of preferences by modes (left/right/upper/lower)


How is it used?

• Compares tilt rather than quadrants

What do you notice?

• Evenly distributed?• Disparate percentages?

A + B A + B + C + D X 100Left =

Example


The Effect of ModesLeft Mode “I like to be able to break the problem down, have time to sort out what is needed, do my research and get it done.”

Upper Mode “I am interested in well thought out ideas, concepts and research. Experimentation is a great way to test them.”

Lower Mode“When action is required, I know I can come up with a plan, engage others and get the job done.”

Right Mode“I like to go with the flow, learn new concepts and get engaged with interesting people.”


The Effect of the Forced Choice Pairings

A Quadrant Do you become more or lessfocused on the facts, data, measurement, focusing on the outcome, measurement and analysis?

D QuadrantDo you become more or lesscreative, holistic, focused on the big picture, questioning why or wondering about possibilities?

B Quadrant Do you become more or lessorganised, action orientated, detail focused, planned and safekeeping?

C Quadrant Do you become more or lessfocused on gut-feeling, reading personal blogs/journal writing, reaching out to other people?


Data Summary: Key Descriptors

What is it? • Data indicating responses to some of the 120 questions


• Key descriptors – 8 adjectives that best describe the way you see yourself, change one to most descriptive (*)

How is it used?

• Different clusters of thinking within a quadrant

• Why you might have same preference code but appear different

What do you notice?

• Cluster chosen vs. not chosen

• How does * play out? • Some words appear more

than once intuitive/ reader/verbal


Data Summary: Work Elements



• Work Elements in forced distribution

• 1 = least preferred• 5 = most preferred

How is it used?

• Preference manifest in work context

• Preferences NOT competencies

• Look at job satisfaction • Role comparisons

What do you notice?

• How does your distribution compare to your role?

• How does it compare to your job satisfaction?

• Comparison between work elements and key descriptors?


Data Summary: Education/Occupation/Hobbies



• School subjects ordered• Area of study• Current role• Hobbies by quadrant

How is it used?

• Compare potential thinking distribution at an earlier stage of life

• Consider any changes throughout the lifespan

• Way to develop a quadrant

What do you notice?

• Are the distributions consistent with school experience?

• How you studied?• Your current role?• The way you approach your

hobbies?


Data Summary: Other



• Handedness• Energy level• Propensity to motion

sickness• Self-rated introversion/

extroversion

How is it used?

• Initially collected to reduce self-report bias

• Now forms ongoing research for HI (USA)

• Indicative data not predictive data

What do you notice?

• Are your experiences consistent with our indicative data?

the hbdi profile explained - making business matter · 2020-02-17 · adjectives that best describe...

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